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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">A number of Enterprise Architect windows can be freely positioned on the screen, or docked against any edge of the </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">application workspace</span><span class="f_BodyText">. These windows are collectively called <a href="dockablewindows.htm">dockable windows</a>. Drag the window around the application workspace until you find a comfortable way of working. The examples below describe a few ways you can rearrange the windows to suit your work habits.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Floating Windows</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To float a window anywhere on the screen, just drag the window by its title bar to the required position.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Dock a Window Against an Edge</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">navigation compass </span><span class="f_BodyText">enables you to </span><span class="f_BodyText">dock windows against an edge of the application workspace. You drag the window over </span><span class="f_NumberedList">one of the points of the compass </span><span class="f_BodyText">to dock it into a tabbed location</span><span class="f_NumberedList">. </span><span class="f_BodyText">The window does not overlap any other window, so if you are docking several windows you could cover the workspace; however, you can avoid this by combining them in a single <a href="dockingwindows.htm#tabbed">tabbed frame</a>.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To dock a window against an edge, follow the steps below:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the item to move and start dragging it towards the required position. This activates the navigation compass.</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
<img src="navicompass.png" width="122" height="107" border="0" alt="navicompass"><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">Drag the window onto a compass point. The screen display shades the area where the window is to be placed.</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">Release the mouse button over the compass point to confirm the position; this docks the window.</span></li>
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<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><span class="f_TextIndentedL2">In the example below, when the mouse button is released the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_TextIndentedL2"> is docked into the shaded area.</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="comptarget.png" width="411" height="676" border="0" alt="comptarget"></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><a name="tabbed"></a><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Dock Required Windows into One Frame</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can also dock all of the windows you are using into a single frame, by either:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Dragging the title bar of each window up to the title bar of the first docked window, or</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Dragging each window over the 'tabbed frame' icon in the middle of the compass, when another window is already docked.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="navicompasstabbed.png" width="111" height="102" border="0" alt="navicompasstabbed"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can do this with all dockable windows. The following example shows the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Testing</span><span class="f_BodyText">, </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_BodyText">, </span><span class="f_UIControl">Resources</span><span class="f_BodyText">, </span><span class="f_UIControl">Properties</span><span class="f_BodyText">, </span><span class="f_UIControl">Tagged Values</span><span class="f_BodyText"> and </span><span class="f_UIControl">Notes</span><span class="f_BodyText"> windows all in one frame.</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="docking-onewindow.png" width="234" height="280" border="0" alt="Docking-OneWindow"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To separate a window from a combined frame, click on the window tab at the bottom of the frame and drag it away.</span></p>




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